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First points in the Gill Melges 24 Australian Open Nationals, one of the Festival of Sails’ opening events, went to Harry Melges and his Star crew from the USA.

You can keep up with all the latest news from the race course at the Geelong Festival of Sails/Australian Melges 24 Nationals and with next week's Gill Melges 24 World Championship 2014 over at https://www.facebook.com/Melges24Worlds2014?fref=ts 

The Royal Geelong Yacht Club is humming with the final preparations before the start of racing tomorrow for two divisions and the mass influx of sailors arriving Friday 24th January with the Melbourne to Geelong passage race.

International MELGES24 Class AssociationChief Measurer Announcement #1-20141st JANUARY 2014 From IM24CA class rule C.7.1.(e): Fairing the keel box area or keel box Delrins is prohibited. The Delrin may be bedded in on optional material and adjusted to fit flush with the underside of the hull.

The Notice of Race for the 2014 Melges 24 European Sailing Series event 1 to be held in Portorož, Slovenia from 27-30 March has been published at the website of the Yachting Club Portorož and theEntry Formis available to download.

International Melges 24 class rule changes approved by the AGM 2013, were now approved by ISAF to be effective 16 January 2014.The amended Class Rules have been published on the ISAF website.You can view them here: http://www.sailing.org/classesandequipment/20426.phpor on our website under Rules &am